Bruno Sousa

642 total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 442 citations indexed

About

Bruno Sousa is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruno Sousa has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 442 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Bruno Sousa's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (6 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (5 papers). Bruno Sousa is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (6 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (5 papers). Bruno Sousa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and Australia. Bruno Sousa's co-authors include Cristiano Soares, Fernanda Fidalgo, Maria Martins, Sofia Spormann, Bingsong Zheng, Aditi Shreeya Bali, Vinod Kumar, Ashwani Kumar Thukral, Anket Sharma and Manuel Azenha and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Bruno Sousa

25 papers receiving 436 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Accumulation of Proline in Plants under Contaminated Soils—Are We on the Same Page?

2023 102 citations Sofia Spormann, Maria Martins et al. Antioxidants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruno Sousa Portugal	11	324	88	83	26	21	27	442
Ana Luiza Sobral Paiva Brazil	8	504 1.6×	79 0.9×	107 1.3×	15 0.6×	24 1.1×	13	591
Agnieszka Woźniak Poland	9	255 0.8×	84 1.0×	66 0.8×	14 0.5×	18 0.9×	16	390
Zuzana Dučaiová Czechia	11	309 1.0×	83 0.9×	77 0.9×	22 0.8×	11 0.5×	23	392
Anjuman Hussain India	7	409 1.3×	74 0.8×	76 0.9×	14 0.5×	27 1.3×	8	488
Mohammad Rafiq Wani India	13	581 1.8×	84 1.0×	89 1.1×	41 1.6×	15 0.7×	42	656
Kirti Singh India	6	267 0.8×	73 0.8×	70 0.8×	13 0.5×	16 0.8×	10	335
Jafar K. Lone India	5	327 1.0×	43 0.5×	99 1.2×	17 0.7×	32 1.5×	9	448
Zheng‐Min Yang China	7	220 0.7×	123 1.4×	75 0.9×	37 1.4×	16 0.8×	19	340
Weite Zheng China	10	438 1.4×	91 1.0×	80 1.0×	12 0.5×	15 0.7×	10	495
Mustafa Okant Türkiye	4	382 1.2×	71 0.8×	59 0.7×	13 0.5×	18 0.9×	9	434

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruno Sousa

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Sousa, Bruno, et al.. (2025). Transcriptional Dynamics of Tomato Plants Under Combined Heat and Salt Stress. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(5). e70501–e70501.

Martins, Maria, Cristiano Soares, Bruno Sousa, et al.. (2024). Beach wrack: Discussing ecological roles, risks, and sustainable bioenergy and agricultural applications. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120526–120526. 3 indexed citations

Martins, Maria, Bruno Sousa, Inês M. Valente, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the combined impacts of drought and Cu in barley plants – double trouble?. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 209. 108546–108546. 6 indexed citations

Martins, Maria, Bruno Sousa, Fátima Oliveira, et al.. (2024). The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus positively modulates Castanea sativa Miller (var. Marsol) responses to heat and drought co-exposure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 215. 108999–108999.

Sousa, Bruno, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the role of proline in glyphosate‐mediated toxicity – tolerance mechanism or stress signal?. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(5). e14532–e14532. 1 indexed citations

Sousa, Bruno, Cristiano Soares, Maria Martins, et al.. (2024). Enhancing tomato plants' tolerance to combined heat and salt stress – The role of arbuscular mycorrhizae and biochar. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174860–174860. 10 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Francisca, Bruno Sousa, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2023). Are tomato plants co-exposed to heat and salinity able to ensure a proper carbon metabolism? – An insight into the photosynthetic hub. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206. 108270–108270. 10 indexed citations

Sousa, Bruno, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the efficacy of pre-emergent application of young Eucalyptus globulus leaves as a weed control strategy: Bridging macroscopic effects and cellular responses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 203. 108010–108010. 2 indexed citations

Spormann, Sofia, et al.. (2023). Accumulation of Proline in Plants under Contaminated Soils—Are We on the Same Page?. Antioxidants. 12(3). 666–666. 102 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sousa, Bruno, Cristiano Soares, Maria Martins, et al.. (2022). Impact of Combined Heat and Salt Stresses on Tomato Plants—Insights into Nutrient Uptake and Redox Homeostasis. Antioxidants. 11(3). 478–478. 36 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Bruno Sousa, Edgar Pinto, et al.. (2021). Foliar Application of Sodium Nitroprusside Boosts Solanum lycopersicum L. Tolerance to Glyphosate by Preventing Redox Disorders and Stimulating Herbicide Detoxification Pathways. Plants. 10(9). 1862–1862. 14 indexed citations

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Sousa, Bruno, Maria Martins, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2021). Specific glutathione-S-transferases ensure an efficient detoxification of diclofenac in Solanum lycopersicum L. plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 168. 263–271. 9 indexed citations

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Soares, Cristiano, Bruno Sousa, Edgar Pinto, et al.. (2021). Silicon Improves the Redox Homeostasis to Alleviate Glyphosate Toxicity in Tomato Plants—Are Nanomaterials Relevant?. Antioxidants. 10(8). 1320–1320. 18 indexed citations

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Martins, Maria, Bruno Sousa, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2021). Cr (VI)-induced oxidative damage impairs ammonia assimilation into organic forms in Solanum lycopersicum L.. Plant Stress. 2. 100034–100034. 11 indexed citations

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Martins, Maria, Bruno Sousa, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2020). Diclofenac shifts the role of root glutamine synthetase and glutamate dehydrogenase for maintaining nitrogen assimilation and proline production at the expense of shoot carbon reserves in Solanum lycopersicum L. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(23). 29130–29142. 16 indexed citations

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Sousa, Bruno, Cristiano Soares, Maria Martins, et al.. (2019). Foliar application of 24-epibrassinolide improves Solanum nigrum L. tolerance to high levels of Zn without affecting its remediation potential. Chemosphere. 244. 125579–125579. 12 indexed citations

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Sousa, Bruno, Maria Martins, Cristiano Soares, et al.. (2019). Response of Solanum lycopersicum L. to diclofenac – Impacts on the plant’s antioxidant mechanisms. Environmental Pollution. 258. 113762–113762. 23 indexed citations

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Sharma, Anket, Cristiano Soares, Bruno Sousa, et al.. (2019). Nitric oxide‐mediated regulation of oxidative stress in plants under metal stress: a review on molecular and biochemical aspects. Physiologia Plantarum. 168(2). 318–344. 113 indexed citations

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Costa, Marcília Pinheiro da, Bruno Coêlho Cavalcanti, Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior, et al.. (2016). Controlled Release of Nor-β-lapachone by PLGA Microparticles: A Strategy for Improving Cytotoxicity against Prostate Cancer Cells. Molecules. 21(7). 873–873. 20 indexed citations

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Andrade, Leandro H., Bruno Sousa, Irlon M. Ferreira, & André Luiz Meleiro Porto. (2015). Contributions on Kinetic Resolution by Lipases on the Development of Organic Synthesis in Brazil. Current Organic Synthesis. 12(6). 696–713. 1 indexed citations

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